#My Prediction: We’re due for another global health emergency

Admin4 years ago09 mins

“My Prediction: We’re due for another global health emergency” COVID wasn’t the last large-scale outbreak. The next one is right around the corner. Kamran Khan is the founder and CEO of BlueDot. In the last two decades, the world has experienced an alarming number of destructive outbreaks: SARS, MERS, Ebola, Zika and, of course, COVID-19….

#South Africa to test new tech that detects outbreaks of respiratory diseases

Admin6 years ago010 mins

“#South Africa to test new tech that detects outbreaks of respiratory diseases” Global mobility has increased and the world has become more connected. But this comes with a greater risk of the spread of respiratory diseases, particularly pneumonia, which is a leading cause of death in children under the age of five and the elderly….

#Here’s where scientists think the next epidemic is most likely to start

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“#Here’s where scientists think the next epidemic is most likely to start” Viruses jumping from animals to humans have been the starting point of numerous outbreaks, from Ebola to Zika. Given the similarity of SARS-CoV-2 to coronaviruses found in bats, this probably marked the beginning of COVID-19 too. We know that viruses have passed from…

#Is COVID-19 becoming milder? Here’s everything we know so far

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“#Is COVID-19 becoming milder? Here’s everything we know so far” In early January, the first genome sequence of Sars-CoV-2 – the virus that causes COVID-19 – was released under the moniker “Wuhan-1.” This string of 30,000 letters (the A, T, C and Gs of the genetic code) marked day one in the race to understand…